Sheet-metal container



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Application fled September '15, 1926. Sesial no. mass. 4 Q

I The invention relates to new andluseful improvements in sheet metal containers, andmore particularly to a container of the type shown on the application of Charles Hurley,

' 5 filed January 8, 1926, Serial No. 82,299.

An object of the invention is to provide a sheet metal container of the above type havinga flat bail with means whereby said bail may be readily attached to or detached from In the drawings which show' by way of.

illustration one embodiment of the inven tion Figure 1 is a view partly in side elevation and partly in section of a portion of a container having my improvements applied.-

thereto, the bail being folded down and moved to anested position relative to the container;

Fig. 2 is a view of a portion of thecon-- with the b ail raised tainer and the bail position;

Fi 3 is a side view of the container showi'ng t e bail raised, and the bail in edge view; Fig. 4 is a' detail showing the metal in the bail at the sides of the slot as bent to release the hail from the pivot stud, and with the pivot stud shown in dotted lines adjacent its releasing point.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view through the bail, pilot stud and container body on the line 5 of Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail showing the 40 headed stud as partly released from the bail.

The invention relates to the means for connectin a flat bail to a container so that the fiat bail may be moved to a nested osition relative to the body when turned own to horizontal position, so as to permit the container with the bail attached to be rolled for applying a label thereto, and is directed particularly to the manner of connecting the bail to the container so that it may be read- 0 ily attached thereto, and when the container is completed it can be readily detached when I ever desired. To this end the flat bail is provided with a slot at each end thereof, and the bail at the inner ends. of these slots is cut through so that the side walls of the slots adjacentsaid cuts may be moved out of the plane of the body portion of the bail. This is'done by bending the metal. The is I secured to the container by a headed pivot stud one of course for each end of the bail.

This headed pivot stud has a neck rtion which is smaller than the head, and ,t e neck portion is slightly narrower in diameter than the width of the slot in the bail. As a result the bail end can slide along the pivot stud on said neck portion. This enables the fbail to be turned down to horizontal. position that is, into a plane parallel with the top of the container, and then tobe moved endwise to a nested position. It enables the bail also to be moved so as to bring the pivot stud ad'acent the end of the slot 'where it is cut, an the head of the pivotstud passing through said slits and off the endof the side walls of the slot is detached from the con-' tianer body.

Referring more in detail to the drawin the improved container consists of a ha y 'pgrtion 1 which is providedwith a hollow ad 2 which is slightly spaced from the upper end.- The bod o the container is formed with the'bea 3 at the extreme up er edge which may be in the form of a dou leseam for 'oining the closed end to the container bo y. The closin end is indicatedas 4.- in the drawing, and w en such end is used there is a relatively small 'hole in the center of the end which is closed by a cap.

Secured at diametrically opposite points to the container body are supporting pivot studs 5. These pivot studs are similar in construction and each consists of a supporting member 6, a neck portion 7 and an outer head 8. The had Sis of slightly larger diameter than the neck portion and both the head and neck are of less diameter than vedges thereof. Said bail is provided with a slot 11 which is parallel to the longitudinal center of the bail and. extends for a distance back from the end of the bail. The metal of the flat bail 10 is cut to form slits 12, 12, one at each side of the slot and adjacent the end of the slot. When the metal is cut as just described the side portions 13, 13, of

the bail along the edges of the slot 11 can be bent onto the plane of the bail asindicated in Figs. 4 and 5 and will remain in this position for the attachment of'the bail bent to the pivot studs. This is the normal position of the parts of the bail for the attachment of the same to the studs. When so bent then the head of the pivot stud may be ass ed from the inside of the bail onto said ent portions 13, 13 and slide along said ortions until the neck of the pivot stud 1s in the slot. The head of the pivot stud overlaps the side walls of the slot. After the bail has been attached to the container body after the manner described, then the side portions 13, 13 may be readily bent back into the plane of the bod portion of the bail, and this will prevent t e hail from becoming detached from the pivot stud. It is only when the metal parts are so bent or sprung by pressure that the head 8 can pass throu h the slits 12, 12. As clearly shown in t e drawings, the neck 7 of the pivot studs may be comparatively short,- and in fact, only slightly lon er than the thickness of the metal, for t e reason that the bail is brou ht into engagement with the stud by the s iding of the stud along the deflected portions of the bail until the head has passed throu h the slit and the neck portion entered t e slot. It is the lateral movement of the headalong the slot which brings the bail ends into engagement with.

ivot studs.

en it is desired to remove the bail then of course the metal is bent or sprung as stated, and when the bail is moved in an end-v wise direction relative to the pivot stud, it can pass through the slits 12, 12 and beneath or to the inner side of the bail and thus the bail is removed- It is understood of course the that each end of the bail is provided with the width 0 the slot, the metal moved endwise and nested between the hollow bead 2 and the bead 3 at the upper end of the body. This is of great advantage in the shipping of the filled containers and 'in the ap lying of labels thereto, as the container od can be rolled along without the bail interf ering therewith.

It is obvious that minor chan es in the details of construction can be ma e without departing from the spirit of the invention as set forth in the appended claim.

I claim:

A sheet metal container including a body portion having flat headed pivot studs se- "cured thereto at diametrically opposite points, a fiat sheet. metal bail having elongated slots at each end thereof each of said studs having a neck. ortion oi slightly less diameter than the wi th of the slot and having its head ortion of greater diameter than rtion of said bail adjacent the inner end 0 the elongated slot being cut at angles to the edge of the slot at both sides thereof, the portions of the bail alon the slot terminating at the angular cuts t erein, bein normally deflected out of the plane of t e body portion of the bail to ermit the respective heads of the pivot stu s to pass along the deflected portions of the bail and the neck portion of the stud to passinto'its respective slot.

FREDERICK PRAHL.

In testimony whereof, -I aflix my signature. p 

